Improvement in paint-brushes



F. HUBBARD.

Paint-Brushes.

N0.15l,223. Patented My 26,1874:

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UNITED STATES FREDRICK HUBBARD, OE EAST BERLIN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPRVEMENT IN PAINT-BRUSHES.

K Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,223, dated May 26, 18,74; application filed April 14, 1814.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDEIGK HUBBARD, of East Berlin, county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Drip-Guards and Receptacle for Paint-Brushes; and to enable others skilled in the art Vto make and use the same I will proceed to describe it, referring to the drawing, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this invention will be understood from the specification and drawing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view. Fig. 2 is a section, showing a modification of the same, or having the deiiector removed from the inside edge of the cup, and the screw-thread inside of the ferrule for securing the cup to the handle also removed.

a is the handle of the brush. bis the brush material. cis the fastening-band for securing the brush material to the handle in the common Way. d is a drip-cup, having a conicalllush with the bottom of the cup dis a screwthread, f, for the purpose of securing the cup d on the handle, and closely to the base of the brush. gis a deflector or liarin g lian ge, secured inside of the ferrule; and

inside and close to the edge of the cup d, to receive the drip from the brush, and conduct it to the interior of the cup d. This cup may be used without the deiector g or screw-thread f, as shown in Fig. 2, with nearly or quite as good advantage. h is a brush-receptacle, litted closely over the cup d. Thus, when the brush is not in use, it may be placed into the receptacle, and be inclosed nearly or quite airtight, and thereby safe and convenient for putting into the pocket.

I am aware of the patents of Ingles and Pinkerton, January 6, 1874,No.146,183; W. T. Wylie, May 14, 1867, No. 64,732; and the two patents to D. J. Kellogg, dated January 17,1871, and April 4, 1871, numbered, respectively, 110,978 and 113,305. These I do not claim.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, :is-

The screw-ferrule e, cup d, deector g, in combination with brush b and receptacle h, substantially as shown and described.

EREDRIGK HUBEAED. [n s] Witnesses C. H. DOUGLAS, JEREMY W. BLISS.

PATENT OFFICE. 

